Kathmandu: Nepal Army launches “ Mountain Clean-Up Campaign 2022”. This time the campaign aim to collect 35 tonnes of waste this from April 5th till June 5th.
General Prabhu Ram Sharma, chief of the Army Staff, announced the commencement of the Clean Mountain Campaign and handed over a banner that reads “An Endeavour to Save the Himalayas.”
“A total of 92 people, including Nepal Army personnel, doctors and the Sherpa guides, are mobilized for the campaign,” Himansu Khadka, a Nepal Army brigadier general, said at a press meet.
The waste collected will be segregated as biodegradable and non-biodegradable, and they will be buried and recycled respectively.
The teams have accepted acclimatization training from February 28 to March 29, and the cleaning campaign is scheduled to end in late May.
The Nepal Army has been leading the clean campaign since 2019 amid waste piling up on the tall mountains that attract climbers from around the world.
The teams collected 10 tons of waste in 2019, and the amount went up to 27.6 tons in 2021. The campaign was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.